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Ice skate great and Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton, who was first diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1997, is preparing for another Scott Hamilton & Friends benefit concert.
Hamilton said this year’s star-studded event is shaping up to be the most “epic” yet. “We have lead singers from Loverboy, Chicago, Journey, Kansas and REO Speedwagon,” he told People of the artist lineup.
The fundraiser benefits the Hamilton CARES Foundation, an organization that works with cancer research centers and emphasizes finding cures that prevent long-term harm to patients.
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Scott Hamilton addresses the crowd during the Legacy On Ice US Figure Skating Charity Event at Capital One Arena on March 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
“For a long time, chemotherapy, traditional radiation and all the surgeries that have been traditionally used create harm in the patient. We like to partner with like-minded organizations to advance cancer-specific research (immunotherapy, targeted therapy, proton therapy), anything that treats cancer and prevents patient harm,” Hamilton said.
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After undergoing surgery and chemotherapy to treat his cancer in 1997, Hamilton learned he had a pituitary brain tumor in 2004. He had the tumor removed, but battled another brain tumor six years later. It returned in 2016, but Hamilton opted not to undergo surgery to address the benign tumor.
The 67-year-old said he continues to live a full life.
NBC analyst Scott Hamilton attends the figure skating team event during the 2018 Winter Olympics at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 12, 2018, in Pyeongchang, South Korea. (Jean Catuffé/Getty Images)
“Life is wonderful,” Hamilton told People about his health. “I live fully, I live healthy, I live without restrictions.”
He added: “I mean I’ll be on medication for the rest of my life, but that’s okay. I always say there are two types of people on the planet: those who will one day be on medication or those who are already taking medication.”
The four-time U.S. figure skating champion remains optimistic about a future in which cancer won’t claim any lives.
Scott Hamilton during a televised interview on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. (Nathan Congleton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)
“Everything I’ve learned, everything I’ve seen, everything I’ve witnessed, everything I believe to be true says there will be a time, probably in my lifetime (and I’m 67, so it’s not like I have decades and decades left) when there will be a day when no one dies of cancer.”
Hamilton was born in Ohio and started skating when he was 9 years old.
